Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] have [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Seven farms had been enclosed in 1512 in a move that must effectively have crippled this tiny hamlet . |
| 2 | As Eliot was very sparing of exclamation marks , and must rarely have employed two in juxtaposition , it was clear to me that , with the particular reservation he made , he was far from thinking my letter ineffective . |
| 3 | Let us begin by trying to understand the rationale for the system ; after all , it has been used for many years and must presumably have had some point to it . |
| 4 | St Patrick must greatly have simplified Irish thought , a turn for the better , when he introduced Christianity . |
| 5 | For a complete account we should perhaps have to add further criteria . |
| 6 | ‘ We should perhaps have started this indoors , but my mother is there . |
| 7 | The rescue service , which describes its staff as the ‘ new knights of the road , ’ boasts women alone should only have to wait 20 minutes . |
| 8 | Jorg Sambetn , a Givaudan engineer who investigated the accident after it happened , says it should only have taken 15 minutes , and can not understand why the workers omitted it . |
| 9 | She must finally have become bored with school . |
| 10 | Entrants must be aged 16 to 25 , and must not have done any professional modelling or have an existing portfolio . |
| 11 | Bridge lengths vary from three to four rigs on the Leine to an average ten rigs on the Weser and really , given the practised excellence of the crews , this last thirty-one-rig bridge of Exercise Neptune 's Gallop 1989 should not have aroused much emotion , but it did made the thirtieth of June a little bit different . |
| 12 | But many people felt that the camera should not have stayed fixed on the couple as they reached climax . |
| 13 | We ask of each person whether he did anything he should not have done such that he should be blamed for the deaths that followed , or whether he contributed to the accidents in such a way that , blameworthy or not , he should bear some portion of the damage or loss . |
| 14 | ‘ Oh , you should not have done that ! |
| 15 | ‘ I should not have done that , ’ she whispered . |
| 16 | Does the Minister accept that patients , irrespective of age group , should not have to undergo prolonged suffering , being fobbed off with medication from time to time when cardiac surgery is necessary ? |
| 17 | Perhaps I should not have said that . ’ |
| 18 | She knew immediately that she should not have said that . |
| 19 | Unrepentant Lloyds said last night the error was all Helena 's — she should not have gone overdrawn in the first place . |
| 20 | Tod says Sam should not have gone soft on a blab who squealed . |
| 21 | ‘ I should not have made such quick assumptions . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ You should not have made these arrangements without my approval , Adam ! ’ |
| 23 | There was no mob rule or intimidation and Mr Cranley should not have made those remarks ’ . |
| 24 | The district controller of the Portland Coastguard , Donald McDonald , said he had not been told of the trip by the canoeing group but that the sea conditions were ‘ quite favourable ’ and should not have caused any problems . |
| 25 | Single parents are a fact of life and should not have to feel ashamed . |
| 26 | But in principle , there is no reason why he should not have to produce all discoverable documents wherever they are . |
| 27 | I do not propose to discuss that question , or , perhaps , I should not have finished this week . |
| 28 | Although this represents a greater increase ( £7 ) than in the other categories , it seems only fair that two single adults should not have to pay more than a family . |
| 29 | As usual , you mention a few concerns over the Big Mac index ( April 17th ) , and I wonder if you should not have mentioned another one . |
| 30 | The rings of Saturn are indeed spectacular , but we now know that Jupiter , Uranus and Neptune likewise have rings : it is strange that the visiting extraterrestrials should not have mentioned this . |